Oil spout



D. D. LEWIS Jan; 20, y1925.

OIL SPOUT Filed June 18, 1923 l 11.111!! lvlb Patented den. 20,1925.

U i T i2 DAVID D. LEWIS, OF

OIL

Application led lTune 18, 1923.

To (f77 cl2/tom if m//gy concer/n.:

Be it known that L Darin D. Lnwis, a citizen of the United States. and aresident of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful improvement in @il Spouts. of which thefollowing is a fulL clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in oil spouts. and it consists inthe combinations. constructions. and arrangements herein described andclaimed.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improvement overtlfat form of the device disclosed in my co-pending application, SerialNo. 586,287, tiled Septomber 5, 1922. In said prior application, ldisclosed an oil spout which is disposed in the center of the cover andwhich has an air inlet opening disposed in the cover and adjacent to thespout. The. present device differs from the co-pendiug application inthat the spout and air vent are made from a single piece, therebyproviding a device that is inexpensive to manufacture.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed in which the air vent extends the entire length of the spout`thus permittingr any contents ot the jar that may pass through the airvent, in case the jar is turned so as to dispose the vent beneath thespout, to be received in the receptacle into which the contents arebeing poured.

A further object of my invention is to provice a device of the typedescribed in which the spout is disposed adjacent to the edge of thecover so as to permit all of the contents in the jar to be pouredtherefrom.

@ther objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part ofthis application, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the device asshown operatively applied to a jar;` portions thereof being broken away,and

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2 2 of Figure l.

In carrying out my invention I provide a spout that consists of a coveror cap l and a spout 2 The spout is made from a KLAIVSAZOO, LIIGI-IIGAN.

SPOUT.

Serial No. 646,248.

single piece of material and is provided with an air vent 3 that extendsthe entire length of the trough 2. lt will be noted fromy F ignre 2`that a section through the spout and air vent resembles a figure 8. Thespout 2 is separated from the vent 3 by means ot solder or the like 4.The spout and vent are secured to the cap l by solder 5.

lt will be noted from the drawing that the spout 2 is disposed adjacentto one side of the cover l. The inner surface of the jar 6 is iiush withthe inner surface of the spout 2 when the cover is secured to the jar.ln this manner` all of the contents of the jar are readily poured fromthe F rom the foregoing description of the various parts of the device,the operation thereof may be readily understood. ln Figure l I haveshown the oil spout in tilted position so as to remove the oil from thejar G. The spout 2 is normally disposed in the position shown in Figurel when pouring the contents from the jar. lVhen the spout is disposed inthis position, the air will enter through the vent Si so as to permitthe contents to rapidly flow from the jar. In case the spout 2 isdisposed in such a position as to place the vent 3 beneath the spout,any of the contents of the jar that might tend to pass through the vent3 would be. received in the receptacle into which the contents are beingpoured, since the outer opening of the vent is adjacent to the outeropening of the spout. I have found that where the air vent is disposedin the cap l, that a portion of the contents within the jar will passthrough the vent when the vent is unknowingly disposed beneath thespout. lWith the present forni of the device, the vent may be disposedon either side of the spout. since the vent is disposed beneath thespout and any oil that might pass through theI vent would be poured offwith the oil that is passing from the soout. 'Vith this device the ventdoes not ave to be placed in a certain position with respect to thespout. The device may therefore be used at night time. or in darkenedrooms where it is impossible to see the spout.

The placing of the spout adjacent to one sido of the cover l forms apassageway that drains all of the oil from the jar.

In my (zo-pending application, the spout `is disposed in the center ofthe cover and it is necessary to tilt the jar into a greater angle inorder to pour all of the contents out of the jar. With the presentdevice, the jar does not have to be tipped to such a great angle. Thespout and vent made in one piece of material not only provides aninexpensive structure but also provides an air vent that extends theentire length of `the spout The device is extremely simple inconstruction, durable, and efficient for the purpose intended.

I claim:

A device of the type described comprisextending the entire lengthexteriorly of Y 1 said spout, said spout being disposed adjacent to oneside of said cover so as to make the inner circumference of the spoutltangent with the inner circumference of Y Vthe neck of the bottle, thuspermitting the bottle to efectually drain all of the liquid therefrom.

DAVID D. LEVIS.

